Marcos To Complete Duterte Airport Projects

 4 August 2022

The Marcos administration will complete the building of provincial airports of the Duterte administration, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) said on Wednesday.

“We are building new airports in Zamboanga, Dumaguete, Masbate, and Bukidnon,” Transportation Undersecretary for Planning and Project Development Timothy John R. Batan said during a briefing.

Mr. Batan said these airport projects in Zamboanga, Dumaguete, Masbate, and Bukidnon were originally part of the Build, Build, Build project of the Duterte Administration whose funding was diverted to fight the Covid19 pandemic.

“They are in the pipeline, and except for Bukidnon Airport which is already being constructed, Zamboanga, Dumaguete and Masbate  are still in the early stages of project development.”

DoTr earmarked P1.8-billion in 2019 for airport development in Barangay Maraymaray in Don Carlos, Bukidnon.

Under the Duterte administration, completed projects included the new passenger terminal at Clark International Airport, the new Bicol International Airport, Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Bohol-Panglao International Airport, Puerto Princesa International Airport, Zamboanga International Airport, Catarman Airport, Calbayog Airport, Siquijor Airport, General Santos Airport, and Ormoc Airport.

“Other notable projects for the country’s aviation and airports include the establishment of the long-delayed communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management, as well as the night-rating of 23 commercial airports,” the DoTr said.

Mr. Batan also clarified that San Miguel Corp.’s P740-billion New Manila International Airport (NMIA) project in Bulacan is part of the Build, Build, Build Project which the Marcos Administration will continue.

“We will also coordinate with the Cavite province for the Sangley airport,” he said.

 DoTr disclosed that among the pipeline for airport development next year is the expansion of airports in Vigan, Baler, Roxas City, and Virac, as well as completion of night rating of airports across the country which funding was also affected by the pandemic.


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